Introduce an Emergency Grant to all individuals affected by Corona Virus.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce an Emergency Grant to financially support those who are affected by the Corona Virus, particularly the elderly, the disabled, the homeless and the vulnerable.

Poverty kills. We have seen the effects of this through the brutal cuts of the last ten years of austerity. Inequality ruins communities and panic buying particularly impacts those on a low income who cannot afford to bulk buy in advance.

Please support the most vulnerable in society by taking away the bureaucracy and humiliation of filling out 'benefit' claims when there is a global pandemic. Please act now to save lives.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Timeline

14 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
20 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Mar 2020

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